Paper product roll dispenser



Dec. 16, 1958 J. A. RITCHIE PAPER PRODUCT ROLL DISPENSER Filed March 12,1956 1 INVENTOR MIA/2 A Rilc/u'e ATTORNEY r 2,864,495 a? P te t inee.16,1958

PAPER PRODUCT ROLL DISPENSER John A. Ritchie, Pointe Claire, Quebec,Canada Application March 12, 1956, Serial No. 570,917

3 Claims. (Cl. 206-58) This invention relates generally to materialdispensers and is more particularly concerned with a novel paper productroll dispenser.

At present advised, facial tissue has generally been packaged inrectangular boxes wherein a plurality of layers of the tissue are foldedrectangularly and interfolded wherein when one of the tissues is removedit makes available an end portion of an underlying or adjacent tissue.

tainer for the paper roll wherein means are provided on the container.for dispensing individual severable sheets of a roll of paper productmaterial from an end aperture of the container.

A further object of invention in conformance with that set forth is toprovide a dispensing container including in one end wall portion thereofa centrally located removable portion defining an access portion in thecontainer, and further including a roll of paper product material suchas facial tissue, hand towels, toilet tissue, etc. which comprises acontinuous roll of a plurality of severable sheets of the materialdisposed within the container with an end portion of said roll adjacentthe re movable or access portion of said container, the innermost sheetof the roll of paper product material being located adjacent the accessportion of the container and, if preferred, being suitably secured to aninner portion of the removable portion of the container by an adhesive,staple or the like, whereby when the same is removed, the end portion ofthe paper product material will be drawn through the access portion ofthe container, said access portion serving as a severing means forreadily dispensing individual sheets of paper product material.

A further object of invention in conformance with that set forth is toprovide a novel paper product roll material dispenser of the characterset forth which is readily and economically manufactured, easily used,and highly satisfactory and utilitarian for the purpose intended.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter Un t S at s Pa ent material beingbroken away and shown in section, further showing in dotted lines themanner in which the access portion of the container is formed in thewall thereof wherein an inner end portion of the roll of paper productmaterial is drawn through the access portion; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view, on a reduced scale, of the roll of paperproduct material utilizedin the dispenser.

Referring to the drawings in detail, thenovel paper roll materialdispenser indicated generally at includes a container member 12 havingend portions 14 and 16 connected to side walls 18, 20, 22 and 24. Thecontainer member may be formed of any suitable material, howdescribedand claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming apart hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, andin which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the novel paper product roll materialdispenser showing an end portion of the paper product material drawnthrough the access portion of the container;

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken substan tially on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the novel dispenser with portionsof the container broken away and shown in section, a portion of the rollof paper product ever, for the purpose of economy it is constructed froma suitable cardboard material, and although being shown as beingrectangular it may also take the configuration of a cylinder or anyother suitable shape. The sides and ends are suitably secured in anyconvenient manner, for example, by means of a longitudinally extendingflange 26, see Figure 2 and a transverse flange 28, see Figure 3.

The end wall 14 has centrally located therein a removable portion 30defined by a scored or perforated section 32 defining an access orcentral apertureportion 34 in said end wall.

Indicated generally at 36 is a roll of paper product material whichcomprises a continuous roll of individual sheets of paper productmaterial indicated at 38, each of the sheets 40 being defined by atransverse perforation 42 extending across said roll of material, theoutermost sheet 44, see Figure 2, may be suitably secured, if desired,in any suitable manner to an inner surface portion of an adjacent sidewall, 20 for example, howevensuch securementis not necessary for theproper functioning of the invention as will-be apparent. The ends 46 and48 of the roll 36 will be located adjacent the inner surface of the endWalls 14 and 16, respectively, with the innermost sheet 50 of the rollof paper material having its ,corner 52 suitably secured to an adjacentunder surface portion of the removablev portion 30 of the container.

Thus as seen in Figure 3, removal of the portion 30 results in pullingthe corner of the innermost sheet through access portion 34 away fromthe roll. The innermost sheet will be pulled away from the roll alongthe transverse perforations 42 or at right angles to the ends of theroll of paper material, as the innermost sheet is pulled from accessportion 34, a corner of the next following sheet will be pulled throughaccess portion 34. As each sheet to be torn is pulled through the accessportion 34, each next following sheet will have sufficient frictionalengagement with the access portion 34 to cause severing of theperforations 42 and removal of one sheet at a time. As previouslymentioned, removal of one innermost sheet results in a corner portion ofthe next following sheet extending through the access portion 34 in anavailable position for subsequent removal.

Thus the container 12 with the roll of paper product material 36contained therein may be sold as a unit, the container 12 providingmeans thereof for readily applying the name and advertising material ofa product, directions for use, etc., and the container may be placed inthe lavatory, kitchen, etc. wherein the roll of paper product materialwill be readily accessible and dispensible from modifications andchangeswill readily occur to those skilledimme art, it is not desiredtolimit-the invention to the exact construction-and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly,"all suitable modifications and :equivalentsmay be resorted to', falling within thescope of the invention asclaimed.

'-"'What is claimed as newis-as-follows: I -l. lncombination,a'dispensingcontainer,one end wall sheets of the-r'oll,- the innermostend portion of the roll of paperproduct materialbeing secured to anadjacent inner -surface portion of the removable portion ofthe-container wherein removal of the removable portion results in draw-1 ing the end portion-of theroll of material through the *accessaperture portion 1 therein.

2. In combination, a dispensing container, oneendwall ofthe containerincluding a centrallylocated'removable portion defining an accessaperture portion inthe end of the container, and a continuous roll ofseverable ma- -terial comprisedof a plurality of individual severable"sheets, said sheets being defined by transverse perforation portionsin-the paperzproduct material, said roll having an end portiondisposed-adjacent the end wallof 'the containerwhichincludesdheremovable portion, the end of theinnermost sheet'ofthe rollof material being lo- "'cated beneath. the removable portion of thecontainer,

removal ofsaid removable portion defining an access portion serving asmeans of removing and severing the individual'severable sheets of'theroll, said container cornsquare cross-section; said roll-of'paper'product'material being elongated and longitudinally disposed withinsaid box, the inner width of the container being substantially equal tothe diameter of the roll of material, a corner portion of the innermostsheet being secured to and removable with the removable portion wherebythe plurality of individual severable sheets may be dispensed one at atime.

3. In-combination, a dispensing container, one end wall of the containerincluding a centrally located removable portion defining an accessaperture portion in the end of the container,alcontinuous convolutedrollof severable material comprised of a pluralityof individual severablesheets, said sheets being defined by transverse perforation portions inthe severable material parallel to the longitudinal axis of said roll,said roll having an inner end portion disposed adjacent the end wall ofthe container including the removable portion; the innermost sheet ofthe roll ofmaterial including a corner located beneath the removableportion of the container, said removable portion comprising meansdefining an access and severing aperture portion for removing andseparating 'the sheets 'from 'the'roll as they are withdrawn 'one-by-onethrough theaceess 'andsevering aperture whereby the'next succeedingsheet will have a free corner extending through said apertureythe'widthof said aperture being relatively narrow as'compared'withthe overalllength of thesheets of the roll.

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